Anandiben resigns on Facebook, Twitterati say bizarre marketing of #DigitalIndia

She said on the post, “Today once again I have sent a letter to the top brass of the party requesting I be allowed to step down as chief minister.”

Under the leadership of Patel, who has been a minister in the BJP government since 1998 and CM from 2014, the BJP for the first time in the post-Narendra Modi era in Gujarat is facing a tough challenge from its opponents. Patel, who will turn 75 on November 21, also said the BJP needed a fresh face in the state before the elections due next year.

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“For the last some time there has been a tradition in the party that those who attain the age of 75, voluntarily retires from the post. I will attain the age of 75 in November,” the state’s first woman chief minister, who succeeded Narendra Modi on May 22, 2014, said in a Facebook post.

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“Two months ago I had requested the party to relieve me from the post and today also through this letter, I request the party to relieve me of the post,” Patel said. “I am asking the party to relieve me two months in advance as the new chief minister will require the time to work, when the state is going to face elections in 2017 and an important event like Vibrant Gujarat Summit to be held in January,” Patel said.

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The news came as a surprise to many and people took to Twitter to react on the resignation:

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In the post she suggests that the move is driven by the fact that she was almost 75 years old, the age at which PM Modi expects ministers to retire.

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